He told you he would, and he did. Kevin Millar crushed a two-run home run in his first at-bat back with the Saints! In case you missed it, here's your chance to relive that magical moment. #GotHeeeem #stpaulsaints
I love how he used his old-timer smarts to beat the pitcher. He saw the pitcher shook off the catcher twice, and knew it meant another fastball. Of course, it helped the pitch was belt-high, right over the middle of the plate, with nothing on it! But, still.
Me too. We went to the same high school. Our baseball team won the Los Angeles City championships in 1988, when I was a Junior. I think he was the same class as me. Little did we know he would become a Red Sox legend and fan favorite so many years later!
He played for the Saints early in his career. He got signed away by some farm system, and had a major league career of about a decade I think, including starting for the Red Sox when they won a World Series. He had a comeback attempt with the Saints when he was done in the majors that as I recall last just part of a season. I don't recall why he was signed to a one day contract, but that was his one at-bat. Like the broadcaster said, he hadn't played since 2010.
Kevin is a Red Sox hero! While everyone else was counting the Sox out while they were down 0-3 to the Yankees Kevin was trying to pick everybody up. His tag for game 4, "Don't let us win today". He went from teammate to teammate, reporter to reporter, saying "Don't let us win today, tomorrow we got Pedro on the mound, Schilling in game six, in game seven anything can happen." Watch "Reverse the curse" or "Faith Rewarded" and you'll see what I mean.
